PERIOD PROBLEMS ....

I don’t know about the rest of you girls but after a hard day dealing with all of life’s essentials I do like to treat myself to a bit of luxury.

When I’m done reaching for the skies in my helicopter seeking out zoo tickets and baked Alaska I do like to kick back in my houseboat with a packet of Jaffa cakes and indulge in a spot of bingo or better yet see if it could be me who scoops this week’s winning jackpot with my ticket for the national lottery.

Once a month however after all those mundane everyday necessities I  do love to go completely mad , spoil myself rotten and splash out on an extravagance that is truly and divinely decadent .

And what better gift to treat yourself to as the cold winter nights roll in and the only thing you feel like doing is snuggling up in your warm duvet with a hot water bottle stuffed down the front of your pjs than an immaculately wrapped item fashioned from cotton with a stunning string detail or a soft padded towel that absorbs everything you throw at it then protects you with loving care by locking it away from danger with its amazing Dri weave top sheet.

Some might imply that I’m being frivolous treating myself to such a lavish purchase every time the page of the calendar turns but I believe that you have to pay for quality you see, what’s 5% extra when you know how amazing it’s going to make you feel that you’ve invested in something that makes you feel so special once a month and the best thing is you get to update it with a completely new package four weeks later.

After all ladies surely we all deserve to reward ourselves opulently for that 3-7 days a month where we have to contend with feeling like we’ve stopped a speeding cannonball with our stomachs , been gifted with the limbs of a stick man and have all the patience of the incredible hulk when someone has ticked him off ever so slightly.

And as for even considering wearing any kind of light coloured clothing, well, let’s not even go there for that would just be a red rag to a bull if you’ll pardon the slightly graphic euphemism over your morning coffee or cup of tea.

A lot of blood has been spilt over sanitary towels and tampons being seen as non essential items and I have to agree.

 There’s nothing luxurious about periods in fact they’re quite taxing.